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William Laurance is a Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia. A tropical environmental scientist, he has written eight books and over 600 scientific and popular articles. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and has received many professional honors, including the Heineken Environment Prize, BBVA Frontiers in Conservation Biology Award, the Society for Conservation Biology’s Distinguished Service Award, and the Zoological Society of London’s Outstanding Conservation Achievement Award. He is director of the Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science at James Cook University, and founded and directs ALERT — the Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers — a science-advocacy group that reaches up to 500,000 readers weekly. He is a four-time winner of Australia’s Best Science Writing Prize.

Hi!
I have hiked much of sUSA, some of nOntario, some of nManitoba, lots of
BritishColumbia. As much as I decry the devastation, I have found, invaribly, that I am walking along roads/trails developed by the industries responsible for the loss of primeval forest. Especially, bushwhacking up a slope can be rather
dangerous if lots of loose debris has been left…alas, I’ve never had opportunity to climb a primeval slope–there are very very few left. So, If I want to access areas of forest elevation, I’ll use established routes for accessing, at least, the oldest stands—and walk very carefully–there. But I have no resolution to the obvious moral delimma. Yer thots?
On the other, other hand, the pine pulp forests of nwLouisiana–meticulously planted blocks of even-aged trees that cover many km>2–produce more game bird and deer populations than did the pre-existing forest. But bloody boring as hell.
Regards, Larry Williams